this is bbc news, the headlines: one of america's most public prosecutors is refusing to step down even though his was said to have resigned. mr berman oversaw several associates including his former lawyer. he was also investigating rudy giuliani, mr trump's lawyer. rallies are being held across america to markjuneteenth, an unofficial holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states. demonstrations demanding justice are taking place in many cities. the day has taken on extra significance this year in response to the "black lives matter" movement. brazil has now recorded over a million cases of coronavirus — and 19,000 deaths. it's the second worst—affected country after the united states. the veteran stage and film actor

sir ian holm has died. he was 88. sir ian played bilbo baggins in lord of the rings, and was oscar nominated for playing the coach in chariots of fire. sarah campbell looks back at his life. he was one of britain's most familiar and most reliable character actors, oscar—nominated for this performance in chariots of fire. go! back again, get it level. i'll watch you, and observe. harold pinter said he was his favourite actor. if i can see the big prize hanging there, believe me, i won't waste any time. he was terrifying as the treacherous android ash in alien. at five foot five, he was often cast in diminutive parts. in the borrowers, he played one of a family of tiny people, opposite his then—wife penelope wilton. screams come with me in the passageway. you do me wrong...

at the national theatre, he was an acclaimed king lear. thou art a soul in bliss, but i am bound upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears do scald... yet, for 17 years, he refused to appear live because of stage fright. gandalf? bilbo baggins. as bilbo baggins in the lord of the rings, he captured the character's good sense and selflessness. i feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. i need a holiday, a very long holiday, and i don't expect i shall return. rarely the star, but scores

of productions were lit up by sir ian holm's wit, warmth, and intensity. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's programme. it's a look back at some of our recent adventures in dubai. like the timei recent adventures in dubai. like the time i got to go behind the scenes at what must be one of the biggest flower shows on earth. and rajan got to fly with falcons. plus we got an update. expo 2020, now postponed until next year. hello, and welcome

to the travel show, coming again this week from my place here in london. i don't usually get spend much time here because i'm normally on the road but with travel pretty much cancelled over the last couple of months, i've had a chance to take a look back at some of my favourite trips here on the travel show. now this year was meant to be a big one for dubai. it was down to host expo 2020, dubbed the greatest show of oui’ 2020, dubbed the greatest show of our time. we humans, we've come a long way to get where we are today. running between october and next march, with over 192 country pavilions and 60 live daily shows, well, that was the plan before the coronavirus pandemic hit and now the

expo has been postponed until next year. if we integrate and ideate, we can make the future great. in a moment, i'll be getting an update on what's happening with that. plus, news on how dubai coped with the lockdown and what it's like they're at the moment. first, though, let's ta ke at the moment. first, though, let's take a look back at my first ever visit to dubai back injanuary last year. now, while i was out there, i was definitely expecting to find a fairamount of was definitely expecting to find a fair amount of glass, steel and building but what i didn't expect was a big drive on making living and holidaying out there more sustainable. and just a quick reminder, this was filmed long before anyone had ever heard of social distancing. this is only 20

minutes from the heart of divide where you will find massive skyscrapers and over 500 families live here and it's fast becoming the tallest attraction in its own right. hello, welcome to the city. hello. how are you? good. are you ready for a tour? please. let's go. the whole city was built to cover all environmental, economic and social sustainability so it's designed to use clean energy from solar panels and recycle 100% of water and waste, encourage the use of electric buggies and shuttles. encourage the use of electric buggies and shuttleslj encourage the use of electric buggies and shuttles. i was going to say, i don't see many cars or buses. the cluster was designed to encourage walk ability. it's no car zone. it's designed to encourage people to walk and use their bikes inside the community and they have electric buggies which you see on

the side. 0h, electric buggies which you see on the side. oh, look at this place. this is a three bedroom villa. this is something i'm intrigued about. you've got bloodstream tv, lights, i can see powerpoint ‘s everywhere. —— flatscreen tv. is that air—conditioning? flatscreen tv. is that air-conditioning? how does it run? like any other household, you will find all these appliances but the rooftops a re find all these appliances but the rooftops are solar which produce 60% of the energetic requirement for the villa and for lighting, we use led lighting and the appliances in the kitchen as well are all environmentally only so we try to reduce the need of energy and when you are using energy, it's always clea n you are using energy, it's always clean energy coming directly from the solar panel on the rooftop. the vibe here is all about smart design and building a sustainable community. there are classrooms on site to cut down on the daily school run and there is a pet friendly

atmosphere. although the houses aren't cheap, the owners make savings on things like electricity and water. that was really cool! backin and water. that was really cool! back in 2006, the world wildlife fund said people living in the united arab emirates had the biggest ecological footprint in the world but with more and more of us talking about the environment when we choose our holiday destinations, dubai has set a target of getting 75% of its energy from clean and renewable sources by 2050. and i'm off to visit a hotel that says sustainability makes good business sense as well. now all hotels around the world pride themselves on their brea kfast the world pride themselves on their breakfast so let's see what this has to offer. one thing people like about big luxury hotels like this is that people can order what they

want, when they want. my italian is terrible! but having so much choice available inevitably can lead to a lot of food waste and that's something this hotel is tackling. here at the buffy, for example, they display smaller platters of food and only replace them once they are eaten. but it's back of house that the real serious work is going on to cut down on food waste. can you tell me how the system works? there are trimmings left over from the ship. there is food waste. categorising these to plan better varieties. showing us the weight has been added to the scales, we categorise it now and say yes, and then it's going to come up with trimmings and i'm going to identify trimmings and it's as simple as that. and the weight is

coming up up there. what we're going to do, were actually going to put the food on the plates into the trough. they will wash down into the machine itself, the composting machine. there we go. as the machine ta kes machine. there we go. as the machine takes away all the soluble ‘s, it all goes off to the composting room. it takes all of the soluble is out and this is the end product, what you end up with. this is what it turns into. it's so heavy. how much food is this? it's the day room service. the whole day ‘s worth of room service weight —— ways is squeezed into a bag like this. this will now go on to be used as farming compost circle we can use it back into the land, going back into the land. sustainability and a bag, i like it. so far through smart monitoring of its menu and waste,

this hotel reckons it's preventing the equivalent of around 120,000 meals being simply thrown away every year. well, that was last year but to find out how things are at the moment in dubai, let's call up our colleague out there, samir hashmi. it's good to see you, samir! or some of you, your hidden behind the mask. judging by the mask you're wearing, it looks like a change significantly to last in dubai. the biggest thing is this, getting used to this. that's right, things have changed, wearing a mask is now compulsory. there is a huge fine if you don't wear it so this is you will find. i can see down at the beach and it looks pretty empty behind you. tell me about how much

the tourism industry has been affected by the pandemic? the lockdown was sudden. in dubai, dubai airport is the busiest airport in world for international travellers. 6 million people passed through the dubai airport. they just 6 million people passed through the dubai airport. theyjust gives you a sense of how important this place is when it comes to tourism and also global connectivity. so yes, emirates shut down virtually all its lights. too a few destinations, but that's more to get the residents who are stuck outside the uae to bring them back. the worry is that if the flights don't open up, visas are not issued, the situation might last longer than many would want it to because as you know, dubai relies on tourism a lot. take me through some of the details out there in dubai. the restrictions. what is open, what can you and can't you do? the good news is dubai has opened up to a

great extent. there are very few places where you can't go you can't visit. over the last three or four weeks, we have seen the malls opening up to full capacity, the beaches open up, the parks of "the museums have opened up, all the famous tourism attractions, whether it is the burj al—khalifa, but wherever you go, you must maintain wearing a mask and social distancing. these are the key things. you don't do that, you are at risk of getting fined and it's happened. the last two weeks ago, many people were on the beach were without masks and they were not, they were sitting close to each other and authorities came and started finding people and the fine is steep, it's about 800 us dollars. wow, 800 us dollars for not wearing a mask was to mark that's right. you mentioned the burj al—khalifa. some of the big ones that were in the film i made last time i was in dubai, they stayed open during the lockdown, didn't they? that's right.

there was strict lockdown in april and that's the period when most of the hotels were shut but when the measures were eased after a few weeks, all these hotels and resorts opened up and surprisingly for them, they were not empty. a lot of locals, especially residents, dubai residents, decided to book these hotels, get out of their homes because they were in lockdown for so many weeks and it was good business for the hotels. samir, we can't go without talking about the expo and it's been postponed which is pretty sad news for dubai. when was that decision made and what kind of impact is that going to have on tourism and dubai itself? one thing what's happened in dubai over the last few years is that a lot of new hotels were built, hoping a lot of people would come to visit the expo and they would need rooms but that's not going to happen and that's why people are bracing themselves for a difficult year. it is very bad news for dubai and the economy and especially the hospitality and tourism industry. when was the

announcement made on how long did it ta ke announcement made on how long did it take them to finally decide that's it, we're going to postpone it, because big decision? they took the decision after the japanese olympics were postponed. they went about six weeks back but formally they should push it to next year, october 2021, but formally they should push it to next year, october2021, but they formally they should push it to next year, october 2021, but they are hoping by next year when the expert happens, the situation would be normal across the globe and people would started travelling again and feel more confident and maybe it is a blessing in disguise because they could position themselves as this big event, one of the first big events in this post covid—19 world, which is ready to welcome people back. really good to chat to you, thank you so much and hopefully someday i will get to meet you out there in dubai in person and maybe not with the masks on, maybe in a normal circumstance. absolutely and i look forward to seeing you here ade and we love the masks so we can

enjoy where we are sitting, on this beach. excellent cook. stay safe, my friend. take care. you too. now, stay with us because we have got more look back at our troubles in dubai coming up. like the time i got to visit what has got to be the biggest garden i have ever seen! and something i did not get to do but rajan did, go for a balloon ride with one of these magnificent birds of prey. now this is a place that has been pretty much built out of the desert so not ideal when it comes to growing flowers or gardening. but i found out otherwise when i headed there last year. heading through the entrance here at the miracle garden, three things immediately strike you. first, the smell. and it is the

colour, and then, it is the scale. this place is enormous! since it opened on valentine's day back in 2013, almost a million people have come to take a look around the miracle garden. and i am off to meet the man who's idea it all was. dubai is full of surprises and where did you get your inspiration from? actually, my inspiration does not festival i am a landscaping engineer and always when i see my kids playing, you know, games on screen, on tv, always i it comes to my mind really i need something for people to go out so this is inspired me to create something to take people outside, to take people to nature. and it is on such a grand scale, you know, so many flowers here. how many flowers do have in this park? we're

a lwa ys flowers do have in this park? we're always sustaining about 15 million 15 million flowers? yeah. this place must take a lot of water. i mean, where do you get it from and how do you keep it sustainable? actually we are using recycled water from dubai municipality. and what about your challenges? what is the biggest challenges? what is the biggest challenge for you? actually the biggest challenge is just the wind. we can control pests and irrigation and temperature, everything can be controlled, but not the wind. this places like the chelsea flower show on steroids! but you know what i am looking forward to? when all of these people leave and i get to hang out with the gardeners and find out how they keep everything looking so immaculate.

owl hoots. it is just it isjust gone it is just gone ten o'clock and it is just myself here and 200 gardeners who work all night to make this place looking pristine and i'm going to find one of them now. basil! hello, ade, how are you? nice to meet you! this place is so different out tonight! of course it is! what is going on here? just doing our irrigation work. ok. we wait until the people leave the garden and then we start the irrigation. is there anything i can do to help. of course you can do. as you can see here we are approaching the sunflower. we need to get rid of the sunflower. we need to get rid of the dried ones. to trim it. so if you would like, you can try. so i am looking for these dried flowers where the leaves have... ? the wilted ones, the dried ones. where the leaves have... ? the wilted ones, the dried oneslj where the leaves have... ? the wilted ones, the dried ones. i was speaking to one of the gardeners earlier and he says he almost

developed like this relationship and connection with the plants. i'm not even messing about. ifeel like connection with the plants. i'm not even messing about. i feel like they are speaking to me, you know? these ones are saying stay away from me! guaido scissors! with those scissors. it is almost time of bed for me but the team of gardeners will be here working through the night until the garden reopens up to the public at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. making sure that all of those millions of flowers are in bloom —— blooming tiptop condition. now i'm not the only member of the travel show team who's been to dubai. a couple of years ago, —— three went there in search of an amazing new graphic art form called colour graffiti and then he got to ta ke colour graffiti and then he got to take a balloon ride with a difference across the desert and i'm not jealous at all! difference across the desert and i'm notjealous at all! not one bit!

this is "calligraffiti", a mixture of traditional arabic calligraphy and graffiti, and it's the signaature style of a french—born artist of tunisian origin, who goes by the name el seed. he has taken his unique approach to street art around the world with astonishing results, including this monumental project he created in a working—class district of cairo. so, what is he doing in dubai? for me, dubai is like, a new city. i look at it, i try to get a different view to it, a lot of people coming from outside say, "oh, it is fake, you as an artist, how could you be here?" and for me, there is this kind of growing art scene, there is a growing art community.

and as an artist, it is good to say that i am part of this, i am part of making a change and making this movement. if i can question you on that a little bit more — it is also a place that is glamorous and wealthy, you have a big expat population, you have some very rich emiratis here. is that inspiring for you? we are here in the middle of the industrial zone that has been turned into this culture and art community. when you cross the road you have a steel factory. you know what i mean? this is the dubai that i want to see. i am not interested in this shiny thing, this is not for me, but some people, they want it. but i think at some point now, there is a switch, dubai is trying to show this is what we do. some people love paris. i love paris, some people hate paris. some people love

new york, some other hate new york. you cannot compare, for me it is too naive. but when i look, is like, yes, what has been done here in less than 30 years is crazy, and i think people should salute that. i am now heading out to the desert early in the morning to experience something new, that i am told you can only see here in dubai. it's a new twist on traditional arabian falconry — and i hear it is going to be truly breathtaking. we are about to release oberon from the basket, ok? so what is going to

happen next i have untied him and you can see he is wearing a transmitter on his tail. that is so icanfind transmitter on his tail. that is so i can find him transmitter on his tail. that is so i canfind him if he transmitter on his tail. that is so i can find him if he flies away. ready, guys? ready? five, four, three, two, one. wow. amazing! you found him! good boy. well done. do you want a go? i would love to! let's try. oh, yes! peter has helped to hand rear at these birds from birth —— peter has helped to hand rear these birds from birth and the bond of trust between them is vital.

it is clear that for him, the falcon's welfare is paramount, and months of work has gone into training the birds to get them used to this sights and sounds of the balloon and its passengers. if practiced correctly, it is — these birds are in good shape. essentially, the bird is not suffering. absolutely not. what more could you ask for? unique experience, and what a beautiful animal! such an iconic site! those magnificent birds of prey, sweeping high over the desert. amazing! well, that's it from us this week. hopefully we'll be back on the road again soon but don't forget, there is plenty of cool stuff from us on the iplayer to keep you entertained and maybe even give you inspiration for your next trip! for now though,

stay safe, look after yourself and we'll see you again soon. bye—bye. hello. the weather through the course of the weekend is looking a little bit mixed. we'll see some settled, largely dry weather, i think, on saturday. but do expect a bit more rain overnight, and into sunday as well. this picture was taken on friday afternoon in highland scotland — some blue sky and some shower cloud around there. for most of us on saturday, we're looking at a largely dry day. some spells of sunshine, similar to this. just one or two showers around, but i think most people should avoid them. so we have got this ridge of higher pressure building in. that should hold onto the weather for saturday. but this area of low pressure, this weather front, not far away. that'll be more of a player through saturday night,

and into sunday too. so we start the morning, a few misty patches around. one or two early showers across parts of southern england, south wales as well. they'll drift through parts of the midlands into eastern england, i think, during the afternoon, but they are pretty hit—and—miss. many places staying dry with some long spells of sunshine. it'll feel pleasantly warm with temperatures between about 18—21 for most of us. but the winds will be picking up in the west and we'll see that rain arriving into ireland, pushing into wales, that rain arriving into northern ireland, pushing into wales, western parts of england and scotland. and then overnight, that band of rain will sweep its way eastwards, so i think we're all going to be seeing a spell of wet weather overnight and into the early hours of sunday morning. but still mild, certainly overnight, with those temperatures holding in the teens for most of us. temperatures holding in the mid teens for most of us. but through the day on sunday, this cold front is going to push its way eastwards, so it will introduce some slightly cooler, fresher air coming in from the west. quite blustery conditions as well. afairamount of isobars on that map. through the day on sunday, then, those showers push their way gradually eastwards. there will be some sunshine but further heavy downpours moving

in, particularly for northern ireland and western scotland later on in the day. perhaps a few between western england and north wales, too. quite blustery winds, too, coming in from a south—westerly direction through the day on sunday. quite blustery winds, too, coming in from a west or south—westerly direction through the day on sunday. so temperatures still not bad for the time of year, somewhere between about 17—22 degrees, but it will feel that little bit fresher, particularly with the showers and the breeze around, too. as we move through monday and into tuesday, then, well, you'll notice a weather front trying to push into the north—west but we've got an area of high pressure building out towards the east, and that combination is going to be moving this quite warm, humid air up across the uk. so if we have a look at the outlook into the new working week, still a few showers around in the north, but temperatures on the rise for all of us. we could see highs up to about 31 degrees in london. bye— bye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with rachel burden and jon kay. our headlines today: a decision on the two—metre rule in england next week, and the prospect of pubs, restaurants and hotels reopening in earlyjuly. passengers arriving at uk airports could soon be able to pay for a coronavirus test and avoid 1a days in quarantine. environment campaigner greta thunberg on the lessons to be learned from the coronavirus pandemic. the corona crisis has sort of changed the role of science in our societies, that we are suddenly starting to understand that, yeah, we actually have to listen to the